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Te Wiki o te Reo Maori, Te Karere (TVNZ) and Māori Television promote te reo and offer Māori perspectives on many issues. Explore the history of the language and resources used to learn and revive te reo in schools and society. SCIS no. 1809079

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10th-anniversary birthday cake for Kōkiri Pukeatua kōhanga

10th-anniversary birthday cake for Kōkiri Pukeatua kōhanga

Wainuiomata kōhanga reo.

Māori Language Week: Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2018

September 14 2018 is Māori Language Day commemorating the 1972 petition on the Māori Language to parliament.

Teaching te reo Māori

Teaching te reo Māori

Hoani Waititi teaching te reo, possibly at Queen Victoria School for Maori Girls in Auckland.

Te reo Māori – the Māori language

History of the Māori language in New Zealand.

Te Wiki o te reo Māori display

Te Wiki o te reo Māori display

Māori Language Week display, Fendalton Library, 29 July 2015. Photo by Moata Tamaira File reference: 2015-07-30-IMG_7450 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.

Te reo Māori in Parliament

For most of the 20th century MPs speaking Māori in Parliament were required to immediately translate their own words. From 1990 they could speak Māori without translating, and later full-time trans...

Te reo

Te reo Māori promotion in a Christchurch library.

Te reo Māori petition, 1972

In this 1972 news footage, a petition asking for te reo Māori (the Māori language) to be taught in schools is presented to Parliament. David Broughton (later Rawiri Paratene), co-ordinator of the M...

Tamaki Makaurau Transport backing te reo Māori

Article about Auckland Transport supporting Te reo Māori during Māori Language Week.

Te reo Māori with Evelyn Tobin

Te reo Māori with Evelyn Tobin

Morning Report's Simon Mercep gets a one-on-one lesson in te reo Maori with Evelyn Tobin of Ngati Manu, a Bay of Islands tribe. They look at the phrase: Ko wai to ingoa? - What's your name? And Sim...

Parliament's te reo Māori translator

Parliament's te reo Māori translator

Image of Wiremu Haunui translating te reo Māori spoken in Parliament, into English.

Koran translated into te reo Māori

Koran translated into te reo Māori

A copy of the first Koran to be translated into Te Reo Maori has been presented to the Maori King by the Spiritual Leader of a persecuted Muslim sect.

Te reo Māori theatre

Te reo Māori theatre

The poster for Taiporotu Tamehana Huata's Māori-language play Tu rangatahi, tu tangata shows its cast, Terrence Griffiths, Sam Murphy, Toni Huata and Les Hoerara. The play tells the story of a youn...

Te reo Māori in court

After the passage of the Māori Language Act 1987, Māori interpreters were provided in court in certain circumstances. In this clip, interpreters are shown practising using te reo Māori in court, an...

Hinewehi Mohi's decision to sing 'God defend New Zealand' in Māori before a rugby test match in England in 1999 led to fervent debate and, ultimately, a new tradition. From that time, it became cus...

Tech giants pick up te reo Māori

Tech giants pick up te reo Māori

Tech giants Microsoft and Google are climbing on board the waka to revive te reo Maori.

God save the Queen' in te reo Māori

Edward Marsh Williams, the eldest son of Henry Williams, translated the national anthem, 'God save the Queen', into Māori in 1860. Edward Williams had helped his father in the original translation ...

Poi E

The Poi E music video from 1984.

Pokarekare Ana - A Māori love song

Pokarekare Ana - A Māori love song

This 2002 documentary explores the stories behind one of Aotearoa’s most beloved songs: ‘Pokarekare Ana’. Claims for the authorship of the waiata aroha are examined, and Kiwis famous and lesser kno...

Māori place names map

Māori place names map

Map showing the Māori names for places in New Zealand.

Karakia to empower a weapon

Image of Ngāti Whātua chief holding a taiaha while elders chant a karakia.

Reciting a karakia

Piri Poutapu, tohunga and master carver of the Waikato people, recites a karakia upon selecting a tree to build a waka.

Petition to introduce te reo Māori in schools, 1972

Petition to introduce te reo Māori in schools, 1972

Photograph of the 1972 Māori Language Petition.

Te Ao Maori

In celebration of Te Wiki o te Reo Maori - Maori Language Week, images of from the Maori world. Community content sourced from APNK-hosted Kete around New Zealand. http://www.aotearoapeoplesnetwo...

Tangaroa Whakamautai

Tangaroa Whakamautai

This soulful invocation, sung in te reo, to Tangaroa — Māori god of the sea — comes from singer-songwriter Maisey Rika's third album. The instrumentation includes a string quartet ...

Māori TV should cut te reo Māori

A member of the Maori Television Board who has quit suggests the channel should consider cutting its Te Reo content.

Māori television to screen far more te reo Māori

Maori Television is significantly boosting its te reo Maori programming.

What Now? - Te reo Episode

What Now? - Te reo Episode

This episode of the kids' TV institution celebrates te reo — one of Aotearoa's three official languages — for Māori Language Week. The July 2011 show opens at its Christchurch studio with a haka fr...

Artist Lonnie Hutchinson speaks on the use of te reo Māori in her work

Artist Lonnie Hutchinson speaks on the use of te reo Māori in her work

For Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori / Māori Language Week 2015, Te Puna o Waiwhetu Christchurch Art Gallery invites 5 Māori artists to talk about the use of te reo in their work.

Māori place-Names, Evening Post, 15 May 1934

Letter on the use and misuse of Māori place names.

Te Karere

Te Karere is a long-running daily news programme in te reo Māori. Based in the TVNZ newsroom, Te Karere covers key events and stories in the Māori world as well as bringing a Māori perspective to t...

This site provides support materials for the Tōku Reo Māori language learning show.

Kai time on the road (Series 10, Episode 26)

Kai time on the road (Series 10, Episode 26)

Roving Maori chef Pete Peeti finds himself on Rakiura/Stewart Island in this instalment of his long-running te reo based cooking series. The area has kai moana in abundance, but Peeti is interested...

Māori place-names (Evening Post, 03 August 1929)

Letter outlining pronunciation of Māori words.

Gareth Morgan on Māori language week 2016

"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."

From Ireland to Aotearoa: Te reo PhD student visits for the first time

Irish woman Aoife Finn has gained her Masters and is now working on her PhD in te reo Māori.

The benefits of learning te reo Māori.

Te reo Māori has a special place in the New Zealand curriculum.

Māui and the sun - Ko Maui me te Ra

The story of Māui and the Sun in te reo Māori. Includes English subtitles.

He Reo Tupu, He Reo Ora

This site includes an introduction to te reo and provides learning materials for teachers.

Hapu leader says te reo a dying language

A Māoriacademic and Northland hapu leader says te reo Māori is a dying language.

Greetings in Māori.

Introduction to Formal and Informal greetings in Māori.

Māori language week parade in Wellington

Thousands turned out to parade for the beginning of Te Wiki o te reo Māori.

Te Whanake-Māori Language online

A wide range of resources are provided here, to complement the Te Whanake textbook to support Māori language learning.

Māori dictionary

This dictionary allows searches from Māori - English or English - Māori and includes a variety of other useful entries.

Why te reo Māori is important –my personal story.

This is my personal story about te reo Māori; it’s very personal.

Te Karere o Nui Tireni

Te Karere o Nui Tireni (The New Zealand Messenger) was published from January 1842 to January 1846. This was the first Māori-language newspaper. The paper ceased being published when war broke out ...

He Kohinga Rauemi ā - Ipurangi

This is an index of all Ministry of Education te reo Māori resources.

Ma is white- Māori colour song

Ma is White' is a popular waiata that teaches children the basic colours in te reo Māori.

Maimoatia - Pūkana & Whānau

Song acknowledging and celebrating te reo Māori.

Crown 'failed kohanga reo'

The Government has been found to have breached the Treaty of Waitangi by failing to support Māori language early childhood centres.

http://www.wicked.org.nz/Kokona-Māori

WickED’s resources for ages 7-12, includes Māori interactives - Kokona Māori.

Paul Moon: Te reo Māori should learn from English

Holding Māori language week in the chill of winter somehow makes the challenges that Te Reo face seem that much bleaker.

Ngata dictionary

Provides definitions for Māori and English words and explains usage.

The big chill and the big drill

What was the weather like in Antarctica and what kinds of animals lived there?

New song released for Māori Language Week

The release of the Māori Language Week single, Maimoatia.

Lyric video for Aotearoa by Stan Walker, Ria Hall, Troy Kingi & Maisey Rika.

Māori language net

A self-help site with online, te reo video lessons.

Māori Television

A selection of language learning resources from Māori Television.

International Children’s Digital Library

A range of children’s e-books in te reo Māori.

A gallery of items related to te reo Māori.

A gallery of items related to te reo Māori.

Kokiri Pukeatua Kohanga Reo

Kokiri Pukeatua Kohanga Reo

This photograph was taken at the 10th birthday celebration of Kokiri Pukeatua kohanga reo, the first kohanga reo (language nest) to open in New Zealand. The kohanga reo initiative was in response t...

Te reo Māori resources

Provides links to a range of resources for teaching and learning the Māori language and culture.

Te reo Māori petition 40th anniversary

Te reo Māori petition 40th anniversary

On 14 September 1972 the Māori activist group, Ngā Tamatoa delivered a petition to Parliament which was signed by over 30,000 people. The petition requested that the government should offer Te reo ...

Peter Sharples

This is a caricature of former Māori Party co-leader, Peter Sharples. As one of the founder members of the Māori Party, Sharples has been a staunch advocate of te reo Māori. He played a major role ...

Te Ao Hou

Te Ao Hou was the first bilingual Māori magazine published from 1952 to 1975 by the Department of Māori Affairs. The magazine covered a variety of interesting and informative topics relevant to Māo...

A visual gallery of Iwi, hapū, te reo Māori (the Māori language), tikanga Māori (Māori law and principles), whakapapa (genealogy), and more.

Māori Haka

The haka is a vital part of Māori culture and tradition. It is a dance which can involve rhythmic body movements, violent foot-stamping facial gestures and loud chants in te reo Māori. There are di...

Our New Zealand friends

Our New Zealand friends

The hongi is a traditional Māori greeting which involves two people pressing their noses and foreheads together. This tradition is believed to represent the Māori legend in which the God Tāne (male...

Features bilingual content, with articles in both English and te reo Māori.

Te Reo Irirangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika

Listen to sound recordings are from an archive of te reo Māori radio programmes mostly broadcast between 1983 and 1994.

Many Answers

Many Answers has reviewed links to websites and database on te reo Māori.

Te reo statistics

New Zealand statistics about the speaking anf learning of te reo Māori.